North Carolina · Private foundation
The Stewards Fund
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2021
- 50
- Grants FY2021
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 36 to 40
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 48% of the organizations The Stewards Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 40 | $2.0M | 48% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $2.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa | $500,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Housing for New Hope | $434,406 | 2 | 12% |
| Inter-Faith Council for Social Service Inc | $432,126 | 2 | 11% |
| Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc | $399,902 | 1 | 2% |
| Healing Transitions Inc | $232,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Durham Inc | $225,704 | 1 | 4% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle Inc | $146,071 | 2 | 10% |
| Inter-Faith Food Shuttle | $135,376 | 2 | 0% |
| Alliance Medical Ministry Inc | $98,078 | 1 | 5% |
| Families Moving Forward | $97,446 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 36 grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Stewards Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · Duke University Health System Inc · Duke University · Duke Energy Foundation · Aj Fletcher Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · Carolinas Credit Union Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Realtor Foundation of Wake County · The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Missionpost Pmb #101
How this is measured
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About The Stewards Fund
- How much does The Stewards Fund give?
- The Stewards Fund reported 50 grants totaling $1,980,670 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 40 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does The Stewards Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2021, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (43%), Health (18%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are The Stewards Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2021: Casa ($500k), Housing for New Hope ($434k), Inter-Faith Council for Social Service Inc ($432k).
- Does The Stewards Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Stewards Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Stewards Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Triangle Community Foundation Inc, United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc, The Leon Levine Foundation.
- Where is The Stewards Fund based?
- The Stewards Fund is based in NC.
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